.Famous for Battersea Power Station and Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral,Giles Gilbert Scott followed architectural cues in his submissionto the GPO's competition to design a telephone kiosk..

.The first Mini rolled off production lines 50 years ago.Sir Alec Issigonis's revolutionary car became an icon of the 60s

and remains one of the most striking and

familiar pieces of British design....

.In the world of publishing, cover designs have rarely been so immediately iconicas Allen Lane's Penguin classics series,designed by Edward Young, perfected by Jan Tschicholdand featuring Eric Gill's immortal Gill Sans typeface..The K2 was an instant design classicIncreasingly rare in the 21st century, London Transport's Routemaster busstill symbolises London across the world....I don't know about you,but I adore the old mini and double decker buses,and, unlike most peopleI know, I'm not at all keen on the newer versions of either...

*The Design Classics series was issued yesterdayand will be on sale for a year..~~~

By the way,thanks a million for all your help on my last post- I'm not quite as dumb as I might appear.Asking for your help, was my way of solliciting more info. plus youropinions on the subject- kinda a little "tongue in cheek" (typically British..?),I guess...

9 commentaires:

i love mini's. I hope to get one soon, but am in no hurry to get a car since I don't really use one to often.

I had fun with the last post, you didn't come off as dumb.... you just pointed out that we have different meanings and words. which sometime is quite funny.I actually think you are quite brilliant and am excited to read you insightful blog daily!xxcallie

my favorites are the car and the bus! I love stamps - I had some of my patients create their own stamps for a charity project for World AIDS Day a couple years ago. Great collectors items. Your collection is quite cute and quaint.